What’s up docks?
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This should be resolved if there’s something proposed for the left of this building on the site above. Anyone know?
Think the National Conference Centre is to fill that spot just to the left of your picture Graham … anyone any idea of whats happening with that ?
@Peter FitzPatrick wrote:
Think the National Conference Centre is to fill that spot just to the left of your picture Graham … anyone any idea of whats happening with that ?
I may have some info on that either Sunday or Monday.
Hey took a look at those Gasworks apartments – first off its crazy inside that structure..like a roofless shopping mall if you know what I mean! Got a lift to the fifth floor .. man the one bedroom apartment was small. A mirror covering one wall to make it look bigger, even in the kitchen! Compact .. yeah it will be snapped up in a flash. I took some pics with my camera phone will try and post them later.
How many apartments are in it do you know?
@Peter FitzPatrick wrote:
Think the National Conference Centre is to fill that spot just to the left of your picture
Doh! And there was me thinking a few minutes previously ‘hmmm, I wonder where the NCC fits into all of this – the site seems to be taken’ :rolleyes:
OK here are the pics I took on my phone inside the Gasworks earlier today —
€900,000+ for the top floor ones!
I agree, docks looks completely flat… crying out for the u2 tower/”watchtower”
pics are excellent graham, as alwaysThere may be a chance of getting some height into the Custom House Docks area if the Dublin Exchange building (currently on the market) is redeveloped – but it will have to overcome the old planning scheme restrictions for the area (about 18-20 m as far as I can recall 🙁 )
@Graham Hickey wrote:
8th June 2006
Well most of Morlan’s pictured developments are now nearing completion. Quite a number of smart new residential streets are being unwrapped round about now, linking Sir John Rogerson’s Quay to the Basin. Most are about four storeys in height, and rather bizarrely reminiscent of Mosney’s 1950s flat blocks – the design is somewhat better however 🙂
I don’t have a picture of those developments as the contractors wouldn’t have been best pleased at being photographed, but here’s a different street:
Back out on the Liffey, here’s what’s happening:
Flat.
Very flat.
I thought if there was anywhere you could have tall buildings it would be in these totally redeveloped areas, in the docks, why arn’t there any?Are there a load of tiny terraced houses behind that row of buildings stopping them from building higher?
While I do like some of the buildings above I do think they are very flat. I am looking forward to seeing the U2 Tower go up. It should make a nice change to the area. Is the U2 Tower starting any time soon? I think the sooner they start it the better.
The general reason for the uniformity is that every developer seeks to comply with the various ‘planning schemes’ which apply to the docklands area – because compliance with the ‘scheme’ ensures a much quicker planning decision (a compliant proposal is effectively decided by the DDDA in 8-12 weeks – without any rights of third party appeal).
The ‘planning schemes’ vary but in general are restrictive with regard to height.
You seem to be critical of this publicrealm…. but surely isnt it good planning to develop a ‘scheme’ and the implement it, rather than simply consider developments which have been drawn up without any regard to how the final area should look. I would have though what you are refering to is the whole rationale for the planning sysrtem.
i really do approve overall of the developments in the south quays. They look far better in reality , than in these photos . Passing by today , they looked splendid.
@publicrealm wrote:
The general reason for the uniformity is that every developer seeks to comply with the various ‘planning schemes’ which apply to the docklands area – because compliance with the ‘scheme’ ensures a much quicker planning decision (a compliant proposal is effectively decided by the DDDA in 8-12 weeks – without any rights of third party appeal).
The ‘planning schemes’ vary but in general are restrictive with regard to height.
so well all these guys want to build there trump towers can we say tough s*** you had your chance?
thanks PR but it really doesn’t explain it?
Is it just me or are the new buildings on the south side of the river staring to look quite well? Admittedly they are not stunningly new or original buildings but a big improvement on the existing stuff i.e. IFSC Phase 2 etc….
Any thoughts?IFSC original 3 blocks yet to be surpassed.
BKD have gone down hill more than most
@Thomond Park wrote:
IFSC original 3 blocks yet to be surpassed.
Agreed. It’s amazing that in all the time since there’s been nothing else really worth writing home about – haven’t been in chq yet but that’s possibly sole exception. In reality the docks are blandness personified. I lived there for eight months a few years ago and that was enough for me. Admittedly there’s a few more things after opening since but it was really boring living there.
By the way Thomond Park, confirmation of what I said recently was provided in Gunne’s Bimonthly property commentary which was issued yesterday:
Meadows and Byrne, who recently acquired a new outlet at the Northern Cross complex on the Malahide Road, are expected to be the new anchor tenants for the CHQ development in Dublin docklands.
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